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Object Number
38-112-70/1025
Display Title
Human skull, sculptured with clay and painted
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Clay over human skull, painted, shell eyes, hair and beads attached.
Classification
- Special
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sepik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Tambonum; Sepik River, Middle
Materials
Bone, Clay, Pigment, Hair
Dimensions
Overall: 17 x 21 x 20 cm (6 11/16 x 8 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
38-112-70/1025
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